Brush-holder.



W. 1?'. BROWN.

BRUSH HOLDER.

AILIOAVTION FILED JAN.17, 1912. l 1,060,533. 'PatentetApn 29, 1913.

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WILLIAM P. BROWN, OF SILER CITY, NORTH CAROLINA.

BRUSH-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

Application filed January 17, 1912. Serial No. 671,662.

To all fr/wm tf/nay `concern Be it known that l', Numan P. BRowN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Siler City, in the county of Chatham and State of North Carolina, have invented new'and usei 'ful `Improvements in Brush-llolders, ot

l which the following is a specification.

.'*Anv object of the invention is to provide a device for removably holding a brush, the handle thereof being detachable.

My invention 1s particularly adapted toruse in connection with scrubbing brushes and provides a holder 'for securely gripping the scrubbing brush when the sanieis used, Vthe mentioned scrubbing brush being removable from the holder' t'or the purpose of supplying the holder with a new scrubbing brush when the old one is worn out.

In the further disclosure ot the invention, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings constituting a part of'this specitication, and in which -similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my holder, showing a brush attached thereto. F ig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1, looking in the direc tion of the arrow. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line .3*3 in Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow.

Referring more particularly .to the views, I provide a U-shaped trame 10, having laterally extending flanges 11 formed on the ends thereof, the said flanges 11 being provided with apertures 12 adapted to receive therethrough suitable ,headed screws 13, the said screws being passed through apertures 14 formed in the 'frame 10, thumb nuts 15 being adapted for threaded engagementwith Athe ends of the screws 13. Lock nuts 16 are mounted on the screws 13, between the frame 10 and the flanges 11 thereof and an apertured gripping plate 17 is then mounted on the screws 13, looking nuts 18, similarly to the locking nuts 16 being then threadedly mounted on the screws 13 so that the grip- Iping plate 17 will be positioned between the locking nuts 16 and the locking nuts 18, which when operated to engage both sides ot theV grippingr vplate will retain the same in rigid engagement with the screws 13. A

' screw 19 is passed transversely through the central portion of the gripping plate 17 and the end of the screw 19 is passed through a 'adapted to receive a handle 22 therein, a suitable thumb nut 23 being threadedly mounted on the end ofthe screw 19, the said thumb nut being operable on the screw 19 to engage the plate 20 and retain the same in rigid engagement with the gripping plat-e 17.

In the use of my device the thumb nuts 15 are screwed outwardly toward the ends of the screws 13, thus permitting the screws to slide relatively to the frame 10 so that the gripping plate 17 canbe moved outwardly toward the flanges 1110 increase the space between the'torward front end of the frame 10 and the gripping plate 17, a suitable brush Q3 being then inserted between the front end ofthe frame 10 and the gripping plate 17, aftfcr which by turning up the plate E20, formed integrally with a socket 2l i thumb nuts 15, the gripping plate 17 will be drawn toward the front end or" the frame 10 thus substantially gripping the brush 23 and rigidly holding the same between the front end of the `frame 10 and the gripping plate 17 shown in Fig. 1. By unscrewing the thumb nut 23, the pla-te 2O can be disengaged from the screw 19 thus providing for the removal oi the socket 21, the mentioned plate 2O being adapted to swing relatively to .the screw 19 and being preferably curved, as

shown in Fig. Q, in order that the handle 22 can be swung to the right or to the left of thev pivotal connection of the handle with the gripping plate 1-7.

By referring to Fig. 3 it will be seen that brushes of various sizes can be inserted between thc front end of the frame 10 and the plate 17 and it' desirable' a brush in the form ot a cloth or the like can be mounted on the frame 1() in the manner described heretofore.

I claim 1. ln a brush holder, the combination of a U-shaped frame, having laterally extending flanges formed at the ends thereof, screws mounted to slide on the frame and passing through apertures in the said flanges, thumb nuts having threaded connect-ion with the said screws and movable thereon to engage the frame, a plurality of locking nuts having threaded'conncction with each of the said screws and normally spaced apart, a gripping plate mounted on the said screws and interposed between the said locking nuts thereon, and a handle for connection with.

the said plate.

a frame, screws mounted thereon, a grip- In testimony .whereof I affix my signature ping plate mounted to slide on the said in presence of two Witnesses.

, screws, means on the said screws for holding the gripping plate thereointhumb nuts hziv- WILLIAM P' BROWN ing threaded connection With the screws and Witnesses:

engaging the frallne, and a. handlefor at- D. Gr. F ox,

tachment to the said gripping plate. HENRY RoBnRTsoN. 

